Welcome to Steamworks & Steam Distribution

Are you a developer or publisher interested in using Steam and Steamworks? Get started here! Or, if you are an existing Steamworks developer, sign in to access the Steamworks SDK and documentation

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Game Developer or Publisher

If you're ready to bring your gaming experience to Steam customers, this is the place to start. Sign in with your Steam account on the right to begin.

SteamVR Tracking Licensee

Click here to learn more about building tracked objects for SteamVR Tracking or to enroll as a SteamVR Tracking dev partner.

Steam Site License Program

If you represent a cybercafe, hospital, university, or other public site that wishes to offer Steam titles in one or more locations, please sign in to the right to get started. Click here to learn more about the Steam Site Licensing Program

Steamworks is a free suite of tools available to any developer to use in their game or software on Steam. Here is a small sampling of the available features:

Matchmaking

Steam Inventory Service

Anti-cheat technology

In-game economy with microtransactions

Management of user-generated content

Per-User cloud storage

With Direct Distribution, the distance to your customers is now even shorter. Just fill out some digital paperwork, pay a recoupable fee, and you'll be all set to upload your game and prepare for release.

You'll get access to Steamworks features, and your customers will benefit from all the features built into Steam.

SteamVR Tracking

Whether you're building a VR golf club or an indoor quad-copter, 3D tracking is the heart of your product. Developed in-house at Valve, SteamVR Tracking is a hardware/software solution that lets your devices know in real time where they are, within a room. Valve is now making SteamVR Tracking fully available to other companies, without licensing fees.

Site Licensing Program

Signing up for a free site license allows you to operate Steam's content or services in a public setting. There are a couple different options available under the site license for how your patrons can access site license content, so be sure to check out the full details below.